But still, they stayed in his mouth. And to be honest, I was a little scared of what would happen when they did come out. Ben is traumatized by hang nails. And small splinters. And getting his nails trimmed. And, well, pretty much anything. I figured a bleeding mouth (quite possibly the most serious issue he's had to date) would push him over the edge.
But guess what? On Saturday during "quiet time", while he lay in bed after "resting his eyes" he wiggled it right out! And there was no blood. And there were no tears. And he came down stairs with a big ol' smile.
He decided that he had held onto his tooth for so long that he wanted to keep it for a little longer so he rushed upstairs to write a note:
(Can I have my tooth, Tooth Fairy, please?!?!)
Of course, the Tooth Fairy obliged,
And left him 2 Gold Doubloons for his effort. (Side note: the Tooth Fairy wanted to give out two dollar bills for first lost teeth but the bank didn't have any, so Gold Doubloon's it is...)
When he woke up, he couldn't be happier. And his lone front tooth couldn't be crookeder. (I'm pretty sure that's a word).
So now, we wait again. He keeps telling me how if you lose a tooth at school you get to put it in a necklace shaped like a tooth so I thought maybe he was just waiting for a chance at that. But no. He came home today and still had the snaggle tooth. I'm sure it will only be a matter of months...
Our biggest issues now are one, that Abby's teeth are all as firm as can be. And we don't do well with the whole one-kid-gets-something-the-other-one-doesn't in this house. Everyday she announces that she has a loose tooth and everyday I have to tell her she's crazy. (I try not to phrase it like that but I can only take so many phantom loose teeth). Our second problem is that Robbie mentioned something about the Tooth Fairy keeping all your teeth until your last one falls out and then giving them all back to your parents. WHAT?!?!? I don't keep things. Especially not teeth. Except I guess I do now. Awesome.
So here's hoping that Ben's smile straightens out, Abby's teeth start wiggling and no one finds out that I am hoarding teeth. Because that could really ruin my reputation.
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